A Welsh couple shows the Americans how it's done in the North American wife carrying obstacle course
Wife carrying - the controversial Estonian way (wife is held upside down)
The Chinese go for the more modest piggyback pose during their wife carrying competitions
A couple competes while still looking festive at the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland
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Hardcore competitors in Australia's version of wife carrying
Americans trudge through the mud to carry their wives
A couple goes for the gold in a wife carrying race in New Zealand
The classic wife carrying pose in the North American championships in Maine
The Irish have just recently caught on to the wife-carrying craze, but countries around the world have been holding their own competitions for ages. Winner gets his wife's weight in beer! ;
Published
July 2, 2009
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